Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

281. Management by objectives emphasizes participatively setting goals that are:

1. General in nature.
2. Easy to create and develop.
3. Approved by management.
4. Tangible, verifiable, and measurable.
   Correct answer: (D) Tangible, verifiable, and measurable.

282. Theory X suggests that employees:

1. Dislike work.
2. Like their manager.
3. Dislike their manager.
4. None of the above.
   Correct answer: (A) Dislike work.

283. Equity theory of motivation focuses on:

1. The fact that people are influenced by the expected results of their actions.
2. People’s perception of how they should perform in a given situation at work.
3. The motivational force involved in a person’s actions at work.
4. People’s expectation of the different outcomes for a given action.
   Correct answer: (A) The fact that people are influenced by the expected results of their actions.

284. Company policy, administration, supervision, interpersonal relations, working conditions, and salary are characterized as:

1. Motivating factors.
2. Growth factors.
3. Hygiene factors.
4. Esteem factors.
   Correct answer: (C) Hygiene factors.

285. Which step in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory deals with achieving one’s potential?

1. Esteem.
2. Safety.
3. Social.
4. Self-actualization.
   Correct answer: (D) Self-actualization.

286. Which of the following steps is important to improving expectancy?

1. Create the belief that effort is related to performance.
2. Ask employees what rewards they value.
3. Observe and recognize performance.
4. Deliver rewards as promised.
   Correct answer: (A) Create the belief that effort is related to performance.

287. Allocating extrinsic rewards for behavior that has been ly intrinsically rewarded tends to decrease the overall level of motivation, and is called:

1. Intrinsic Evaluation Theory.
2. Cognitive Evaluation Theory.
3. Motivational Evaluation Theory.
4. Extrinsic Evaluation Theory.
   Correct answer: (B) Cognitive Evaluation Theory.

288. Which answer corresponds to a person’s internal desire to do something, due to such things as interest, challenge and personal satisfaction?

1. Theory Z.
2. Extrinsic motivators.
3. Theory X.
4. Intrinsic motivators.
   Correct answer: (D) Intrinsic motivators.

289. Who proposed that achievement, affiliation and power are three important needs that help explain motivation in workplace situations?

1. McGregor.
2. McClelland.
3. Herzberg.
4. Maslow.
   Correct answer: (B) McClelland.

290. The theory that an employee will compare his or her job inputs and outcomes relative to others is called:

1. Equity Theory.
2. Performance Theory.
3. Comparative Theory.
4. Inputs-Outputs Theory.
   Correct answer: (A) Equity Theory.